Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/20/15 Data
RIVER MILE 58a
Plum Point/Kowawese, New Windsor, Orange County, NY
Rebecca Foster-Faith, Bishop Dunn Memorial,
Jenny Brinker, Museum of the Hudson Highlands,
30 seventh graders , 6 adults
GPS Latitude 41°27’46.49”N Longitude 74°00'42.75"W
Location: Southern Sandy beach at Kowawese, Plum Point, New Windsor, Oran
ge County, Public Shore, Picnic Area
Area: Sandy beach bordered by forested area and parking lot. Used for picnic, fishing,
kayaking
Surrounding Land Use: Beach 10%, Forested 50%, Urban/Industrial 30%
Shoreline: 75% rocky, 20% muddy, 5% sandy
Sampling Site: sandy beach (cove), rip rap in area of sampling site, debris in the area
such as broken concrete, docking
Plants in area: No plants in the water
Water depth: sampling in 50 cm depth
River Bottom – muddy, rocky
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
Physical
Air
Temperature
9:52 AM
12°C
52°F
18°C
63°F
Beaufort #4
Beaufort#3
Beaufort #3
10:38 AM
13°C
57°F
11:53 AM
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather
recently
Water Surface
Water
9:52 AM
10:19 AM
12:13 PM
Clear <25%
South
South
2.9 mph
No rain
Below freezing, snowed
choppy
10:25 AM
14.5°C
11:45 AM
15°C
Temperature
Water Surface
Turbidity
9:20 AM
Short sight tube 10:09 AM
11:35 AM
Chemical
DO
TIME
DO – drop count 10:45 AM
test kits
10:50 AM
12:13 PM
pH –
10:12 AM
colormetric
11:37 AM
Salinity –
10:29 AM
Quantab
11:18 AM
12:00 PM
Fish Catch
Species
58 °F
10:45 AM
1
DIVERSITY 7
6
1
5
3
TOTALS - 18
Tides
Currents
Shipping –
Commercial
Shipping
Recreational
Observations
Spottail
Shiner
White Perch
American Eel
Alewife
Striped Bass
*Glass fish ??
*White fish ?
11:40 PM
12:13 PM
10:26 AM
10:34 AM
59 °F
60 X 3
60 & 80 JTU
80 JTU X 3
60 JTU Average
70 JTU Average
Water was cloudier than expected
Temp
14C
13 C
15 °C
6X3
6X2
2.9 unites
1.8 units
1.9 units
Count
DO
8
10
11
% Sat
75%
95%
110%
91 ppm Cl51 ppm Cl53 ppm ClSize of
largest
164 ppm TS
92 ppm TS
96 ppm TS
Totals
1
*Probably yoy
1
*white catfish?
2.54
0
falling
127 cm/30 sec 4.2 cm/sec
North/Flood
114.3 cm/30
3.8 cm/sec
North/Flood
sec
11:53 AM
452.12cm/30 s 15.07 cm/s 0.29 kts
9:19 AM
Barge
Grey & Red Southbound/Loaded
9:39 AM
Tug
White/Blue North/Loaded
10:40 AM
Barge
Grey
Southbound/Loaded
10:41 AM
Motorboat
White
NR
12:13 PM
Motorboat
White
Southbound light
Devil head chestnut, birds, human impact, lumps of coal